Odisha CM Launches ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ on World Indigenous People’s Day

Bhubaneswar: To mark the World Indigenous People’s Day on Wednesday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’.

He expressed hope that this new scheme will be a ‘milestone’ in the development of tribals in the state.

According to an official release, this scheme is to ensure the rights of all eligible individuals and communities over forest land.

Along with this, all development projects will be linked to this scheme and steps will be taken to create stability in the livelihood of the tribals, the release stated, adding that unsurveyed forest villages will be accorded the status of revenue villages.

Addressing people from the tribal communities on the occasion, Chief Minister Patnaik said his government had set itself the goal of taking the benefits of this scheme to all eligible beneficiaries. He said steps were being taken to ensure that no deserving person is left out.

The chief minister said 4.5 lakh tribal and forest-dwelling families have been given forest land rights so far, under this initiative. He added that more than 4000 gram sabhas have been given community rights. Along with this, the process to give the status of revenue villages to the unsurveyed forest villages is also underway, he said.